Majesco Entertainment, Devolver Digital and Croteam Announce 'Serious Sam HD' for Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360
June 25 2009 - 9:00AM
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Classic Shooter Franchise Reborn in Glorious High Definition for
Late Summer Release EDISON, N.J., June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Legions
of long-time fans and a whole new generation of gamers around the
world can now experience serious shooting mayhem as Majesco
Entertainment, an innovative provider of video games for the mass
market, today announced that Serious Sam: The First Encounter HD is
coming to Xbox LIVE(R) Arcade for the Xbox 360(R) video game and
entertainment system from Microsoft. Developed by Croteam, the
creators of the Serious Sam franchise, and produced in partnership
with Devolver Digital, Serious Sam: The First Encounter is
re-tooled and re-vamped in glorious High Definition with an all-new
version of the CroTech engine. "We are really excited to update our
hero and recreate Sam in stunning high definition for Xbox LIVE
Arcade players," said Roman Ribaric, CEO of Croteam. "The fans have
lobbied us hard to do this, so we are stoked about bringing Sam
back as big, bold and bad as he ever was." The game is being
produced by Devolver Digital, a brand new production and publishing
company based in Austin, Texas, specializing in delivering top
quality entertainment to gamers worldwide at affordable prices by
any and all means available. "We are almost inappropriately excited
that this fun and robust game is our first humble offering to
gamers worldwide," said an unnamed, masked spokesperson for
Devolver Digital. "And bridging the gap between the fine folks at
Croteam and Majesco feels good too. It's a long way from Croatia to
New Jersey, but worth the walk." "Xbox LIVE Arcade is an important
platform in our overall strategic plan," said Gui Karyo, Executive
Vice President of Operations for Majesco. "Serious Sam has a long
history of console success and this graphically enhanced version is
a great first title to kick off our Xbox Live Arcade initiative."
Serious Sam HD is not your mother's generic, large-scale,
orchestral scored, Space Marine-themed epic FPS with dialog that
pretends it's an RPG...instead, Serious Sam HD is a grab you by the
jibblies run and gun, twitch FPS: BIG guns, TONS of enemies,
4-Player Online Co-Op and stunningly superfluous HD graphics that
rival retail boxed games. You've waited forever but Serious Sam is
back from the nether with its award-winning game play that will
remind you why you play FPSs in the first place. About Croteam
Croteam are the creative force behind the massively successful
Serious Sam series, which is recognized across the globe for its
all-action and entertaining game design and its powerful Serious
Engine technology. Founded in Zagreb, Croatia in 1993, Croteam has
grown to become one of the most successful and respected developers
in Eastern Europe. About Devolver Digital Devolver Digital is a
small, laser-focused production and publishing company based in
Austin, Texas, (also with one very lonely desperado in London) from
an unnamed group of industry veterans/outlaw refugees. The company
aims to take large wads of fun created by great game developers
worldwide, and help create large wads of cash from it by getting it
into the hands of rich, entertainment-starved gamers around the
world, wherever they happen to be hanging out, and for whatever
currency is handy. About Majesco Entertainment Company Majesco
Entertainment Company is a provider of video games for the mass
market. Building on more than 20 years of operating history, the
company is focused on developing and publishing a wide range of
casual and family oriented video games on leading console and
portable systems. Product highlights include Cooking Mama(TM) and
Cake Mania(R)2 for Nintendo DS(TM), and Cooking Mama World Kitchen
and Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum 2009 for Wii(TM). The
company's shares are traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the
symbol: COOL. Majesco is headquartered in Edison, NJ and has an
international office in Bristol, UK. More information about Majesco
can be found online at http://www.majescoentertainment.com/.
@Majesco is on twitter or at http://www.twitter.com/majesco. Safe
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